No. 1 and No. 2 both fall: the wildest Saturday the AP poll has seen

Saturday 17 October produced a statistic with no precedent: five of the AP poll's top seven lost on the same day. It had never happened in college football history. [8]

Auburn topple the No. 1 on the last play

Georgia, the nation's No. 1, went 14-0 up at home and lost 27-24. Auburn answered with 24 unanswered points and, with the game level in the fourth quarter, a fumble by quarterback Gunner Stockton handed the ball back to the Tigers. [2] Alex McPherson settled it with a 34-yard field goal. [1] [3]

It was Auburn's first win in Athens in 31 years. [3] And the defeat carries a wider reading: it is the first time since October 1990 that the nation's No. 1 has lost in back-to-back weeks. [1] [3]

BYU stop Notre Dame in their own end zone

In Provo, eighth-ranked BYU beat Notre Dame 28-24 and stayed unbeaten. Quarterback Bear Bachmeier was involved in four touchdowns: he ran for two, threw one and caught another. The decisive one came on a six-yard pass to Walker Lyons on third and goal with 1:47 left. [4] [5]

Notre Dame had the last chance and came up four yards short: the drive died on an incomplete pass in the Cougars' end zone. [4] [5]

Texas, Alabama and Indiana complete the wreckage

• Florida 27-24 Texas, in Austin: a second straight defeat for the Longhorns.
• Tennessee 26-10 Alabama: the Volunteers won comfortably at Neyland.
• Ohio State 19-15 Indiana: the Buckeyes ended a 22-game winning streak.
• Miami 43-35 Florida State, settled in the second overtime.

Indiana's streak had reached 22 games and ended in Bloomington. [7] And another number frames the scale of the day: Georgia, Alabama and Texas had not lost on the same Saturday since 1996. [7]

Who leads now?

Miami remain unbeaten after winning their derby, Ohio State have the weekend's most valuable win and BYU have just toppled the No. 2. All three have a case to climb when the next AP poll is published, which has not happened yet. [8]